Assignment:
Research a company in the media, music, technology or consumer products industry for your final learning team assignment. ( GOOGLE)
Assume that your Learning Team is part of the HRM team at this organization. You have been asked to launch one employee development initiative -- an unstructured mentoring program for all employees.
Create a 15- to 18-slide MS PowerPoint® presentation (and Word document) in which you launch this initiative and provide an overview for employees.
The presentation is aimed at helping people see the value of a mentoring relationship, ways to seek a mentor, their role in a successful mentoring partnership, and the importance on going career development.
Your slides, due in Week Five, should address:
PART I: (3-5 slides)
o Provide an overview of the organization
o List employee development goals of the organization (if you can't find them, make assumptions)
o How both a mentoring initiative and women's affinity group can help the organization build future leaders PART II: (7-9 slides)
o What mentoring is and is not (dispel myths)
o Overview of the unstructured mentoring program (think about how it will work, since people won't be formally matched by the company)
o Sell the value/benefit of seeking a mentor
o Provide practical tips for how to go about seeking a mentor, how to approach and initiate the conversation, how to build the relationship, etc.
o Clarify the distinction between the mentee's role in the partnership, and the type of support they can expect to receive from their mentor, etc.
o Close with suggested next steps for the employee to consider before deciding to participate in the mentoring program
PART III: (1-page Word document)
o Design a 1-page Exploratory Worksheet for potential mentees to complete. This form would ideally guide the employee to think about what he/she wants from a mentor and how to plan to approach a potential mentor, based on tips provided in the presentation.
IMPORTANT:
o Use visual aids and graphics to enhance your presentation (but don't overdo it!)
o Do not include paragraphs in your slides; concise bullet points are expected
o All slides should include clear/specific presenter's notes.
o Your presenter's notes should be written as if you were to actually conduct the training.
• Cite two to three references and use APA in-text citations when necessary. This should be your last slide in the presentation.